Charge Nurse

**Summary** **Job Description:** **Charge Nurse** – _Labor and Delivery/Antepartum_  **Location:** Baptist Health Lexington  **Schedule:**  Part-time, 1st Shift **About Labor and Delivery:** Labor and Delivery is a high risk specialized unit that provides care to pregnant individuals prior to and during labor, childbirth, and the immediate postpartum period. This unit has 17 private birthing suites, 5 Triage/PACU beds, 4 OR Rooms, 3 bed Obstetric Emergency Department care, and a specialized Antepartum unit that provides care for women with high-risk pregnancies and post-partum diagnoses needing supportive care.  **JOB OVERVIEW:**  Under the direction of Unit Director, Clinical House Supervisor, +/or Designee, provides supervision of workflow and staff for a designated shift in overseeing the efficient functioning of the department.  Assures the provision of patient care, by addressing performance, risk management, patient, family and physician issues/concerns as appropriate.   Role models caring behaviors in relationships with others.  The Charge Nurse is an exemplar for compassion, acceptance, respect and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and supporting an environment focused on healing and wellness.   As a clinical nurse, the charge nurse spends majority of his/her time (> 50%) coordinating, ensuring and providing direct patient care activities on the unit through: provision of nursing rounds, assessments and treatments; facilitating admission, transfer and discharge activities; provision of patient and family-centered education; care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable, etc.   **Minimum Education, Experience, Training, and Licensures Required:**  Active Kentucky RN license  BLS, ACLS and/or other designated unit specific certification training/requirements  Bachelor’s degree in nursing or currently actively pursuing a BSN degree. (BSN degree must be completed within 5 years of starting program)  Minimum of one year of Registered Nurse experience.    **BENEFITS:**  \-Preventive Plan  \-Life Insurance  \-Retirement Plans  \-Flimp Decisions - Flimp Decisions will help you pick the best value plan option given your expected medical needs. The proprietary algorithm provides a personalized financial analysis and recommendation, considering both premium and expected out-of-pocket cost (copays, etc.), as well as other important plan features.  Please note: These benefits apply to part-time positions (4.0-23.99 weekly hours).  ### _If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!_ ### Baptist Health is an _Equal Employment Opportunity_ employer.